Author: Warren, David B.; Michael K Brown; Elizabeth Ann Coleman; Emily Ballew Neff
Title: American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection
Description: Houston, TX, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Princeton University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards, burgundy glossy illustrated DJ. XXII 468 pp. 700 halftones, 75 color plates. A heavy book. From the DJ: the book records over 1,100 superb examples of furniture, paintings and decorative arts, including many key pieces acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The collection features important high-style examples from America's principal urban centers. Paintings by John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart are included, many reproduced here in color for the first time. Exceptional examples of metalwork, including notable pieces by Paul Revere and the celebrated firm of Tiffany & Co. are joined by an extraordinary selection of prints, drawings, textiles, glass and ceramics. VG .

Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; Bayou Bend Collection ; ; Collections - American Decorative Arts


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